Metering Off Your Hand

September 3, 2023 issue #82 – A forgotten technique

One technique I learned early in my photographic journey was that if I faced a difficult lighting situation that might fool the light meter in my camera, I could get a meter reading from an 18% gray card. This often would give me the proper exposure for the scene.

Unfortunately, not all of us carry around an 18% gray card, which led to a second techniqu…